Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia were investigated for the ability to induce suppressor cell activity (S.C.A.) following in vitro exposure to Concanavalin A (Con A). The generation of Con A-S.C.A. is significantly impaired in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia compared to the healthy controls. No correlation was found between Con A-S.C.A. and the clinical or laboratory parameters of the disease. This impaired ability to induce Con A-S.C.A. in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia reflects a functional T-cell defect, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the disease.
Defective suppressor cell activity in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia / P. L. Meroni, W. Barcellini, C. Messina, G. De Bartolo, F. Capsoni, F. Invernizzi. - In: JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & LABORATORY IMMUNOLOGY. - ISSN 0141-2760. - 8:3(1982 Sep), pp. 177-182.
Defective suppressor cell activity in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia
P. L. MeroniPrimo
;F. CapsoniPenultimo
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1982
Abstract
Peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with essential mixed cryoglobulinemia were investigated for the ability to induce suppressor cell activity (S.C.A.) following in vitro exposure to Concanavalin A (Con A). The generation of Con A-S.C.A. is significantly impaired in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia compared to the healthy controls. No correlation was found between Con A-S.C.A. and the clinical or laboratory parameters of the disease. This impaired ability to induce Con A-S.C.A. in essential mixed cryoglobulinemia reflects a functional T-cell defect, which may play a role in the pathogenesis of the disease.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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